Thursday, April 26, 2012

The Next New Thing


Fortunately there have been so many innovations when it comes to new media, and the more creations discovered the better life becomes! One example of a new media that I haven’t really seen would be video classes. Video classes or lectures would be similar to online class but instead of having the interaction with the professor’s via email, we would have videos where professors would present their lectures. For instance, in a math video class the students would be required to log in every time the class meets online and watch the video presentation of the professor presenting the lecture. This way all the classmates would watch it at the same time and then have time to do group chats or individual chats with the professor for the next hour.  The benefit of this would be that while students would still have to log in at the same time to watch the professor give the lecture via video, they would not have to commute all the way to their actual school. Also, instead of learning material through reading like normal online classes, they would be able to watch the professor demonstrate and show examples in the video. I think schools should maybe look into this, and see how the results turn out.

1 comment:

  1. I've also thought that online classes have some room to evolve. Having the ability to listen to an actual real-time lecture from the professor without having to leave your house would be a great next step, as well as being able to interact with classmates via video chat. An online class like the one we are taking requires the students to learn mainly on their own without a structured lecture to guide them, which could use some improvement.

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